Quickly archive or delete an email without even opening it – just swipe right or left. If your default action is set to archive, swipe will archive, and if your default action is delete, swipe will delete. You can set your default action with the setting above.

If you’ve ever sent, deleted, or archived a message by accident, you can help make sure this doesn't happen again. If you check the boxes for deleting, archiving, or sending, you'll get a pop-up notification to confirm that you want to take this action.

On the General settings page, clear data by touching menu and choosing an option:

Clear search history
Touch to remove the history of the words you’ve searched for previously in Gmail for all accounts.

Clear picture approvals
If you had previously chosen “Always show pictures from this sender” or “Show pictures,” touching this option will clear those approvals and restore the default setting to not show pictures automatically.

Account settings (Gmail or Google Apps)

Here are the available settings when you go to menu , then Settings, and choose your account. If you have multiple accounts, these settings only apply to the account you chose.

Going on vacation? No access to the Internet? Use Gmail's vacation responder to let people know that you won't be able to get back to them right away. While your vacation responder is turned on, Gmail will send your reply to people who email you. Learn more about the vacation responder.

If this box is unchecked, you won't receive notifications and new emails automatically. To get new messages, you'll have to refresh the app by pulling down from the top of your inbox until you see a spinning refresh icon.

You can set the number of days of mail that you want to automatically sync and store on your device. To save on device storage, you can set fewer days of mail to sync, but keep in mind that unsynced messages won’t be available offline.

Gmail automatically shows you the images in your messages. If you have limited mobile data, you may want to change your setting so that Gmail asks you before showing images. Learn more about Android image settings.

Some Gmail settings, like creating a label, are available only in the desktop version of Gmail at mail.google.com.

Account settings (POP, IMAP or Exchange)

Here are the available settings when you go to menu , then Settings, and choose a non-Gmail account. If you have multiple non-Gmail accounts, these settings only apply to the account you chose.

Choose how often you'd like the app to check for new mail and sync with your account. You can reduce the frequency to save data or power. If you choose Never, you can refresh the app yourself by pulling down from the top of your inbox until you see a spinning refresh icon.

You can edit the details of how the Gmail app connects to your provider's servers, like the server name, ports, and security type. You can also choose whether you want messages to be deleted from your account when you delete messages in the Gmail app. If your password for your other provider changes, you can edit it here.